Improvement in fluting-tongs



ARA-H nfMERsEREAU, oF BINGHAMTQN, NEW YORK ADMINISTRATRIX or J.,B. MERSEREAU, DEOEASED. i

Lezers manana/103,224, zaad May 17, 1870.

'IMPROVEMENT 1N4 norme-Tones.

iTheSrehedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

' tJ. 4B. MERSEREAU, deceased, late of Vestal, in, enough apart to admit its entrance between them, tie county of' Broome and lState of NewYork, inand prevented from passing through by means of' the vented certain `Improvements in Flirting-Tongs for elbow D. v iifit'ing muslins or other fabrics, of' which `the ibllow- The tongs are heated for use by closing and placing isa specification.` 1- l .n them npon'the stove, or other plane surface, and aA `This invention relates to the construction of a pair `Hat-iron placed upon them, thereby imparting an even of` tongs, of suitable wire, by bending it to -the detemperature to each prong, which insures a more persifed form, one of the jaws of which is provided with eot nish to the work. two longitudinal prongs, `placed far enough apart to The `instrument is held iu'one hand, which is pro admit the single prong of the other by pressingthem tccted from the hea-t by the use of a holder, while the ,together with Vthe hand, whereby the operation may other manipulatesthc material in the operation. The be readily and `effectively performed, and the instrujaws B and C are then closed upon the work by the -men't furnished'at much` less expense than others in pressure of 'the thumb, and opened again by theelasordinary use.` y ticity of' the spring, when the pressureis relieved.

`llignre ll isla side velevation of the tongs enihody-V l Claim i ingthe invention. 1

lEigure 2`is a view with the jaws closed. rlhe flirting-tongs, herein described, consisting of i Thetongs,A, are made of' the ordinary spring wire, the prongs B B C, connected 'to the spring handle A, vci tto therequired length, to one end of which isratas shown, the whole forming a single piece, and con tached aY jaw, consisting of ltwo longitudinal prongs, stituting a new article of manufacture.

which jaw ismade of a. separate piece, and se- SARAH E. MERSEREAU. cured to the end of 4the wire by braziug, or .other Y suitable means.`v Witnesses: y

g'lhe. other end or jaw, C, of the wirelis bent to ar- S. W. ROGERS, tioulate with the prongs BB, which are placed far H. W. ROBIE. 

